Lavrov: Kiev does not stop trying to run away from Minsk-2

The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia S. V. Lavrov in the course of a telephone conversation with Minister of foreign Affairs of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed concern about ongoing attempts by Kiev to avoid fulfilling the Minsk agreements, according to a report from the Russian Ministry of foreign Affairs.

"Sergei Lavrov expressed concern about the continuing attempts of Kiev to avoid fulfilling their obligations under the Minsk agreements. Most importantly, this concerns direct dialogue with Donbass on all aspects of the " Minsk-2 ", including constitutional reform and the termination of the socio-economic blockade of the South-East of the country ", - declared in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

The Ministers agreed to resume consideration of this range of issues after the regular meeting of Deputy Ministers of foreign Affairs of the " channel four ", which is scheduled for June 10 in Paris.

The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

The last document is dated 12 February - in addition to the ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and creating a security zone, obliges the authorities of Ukraine to engage in direct dialogue with the authorized DND and LNR, for example, about the conduct in local elections, entering into the Constitution of Ukraine of change, involving the decentralization of power, and the legislative recognition of special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ".